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Windows Server 2016

Index Windows Server 2016

Windows Server 2016 is the twelfth release of the Windows Server operating system developed by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 97 relations: Active Directory Federation Services, Amazon Web Services, Architecture of Windows NT, Ars Technica, Assembly language, Basic access authentication, C (programming language), C Sharp (programming language), C++, Cavium, Command-line interface, Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions, Comparison of operating systems, Condé Nast, Containerization (computing), CPU socket, Domain Name System, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Generic Routing Encapsulation, Graphical user interface, High-availability cluster, HTTP/2, Hybrid kernel, Hyper-V, InstantGo, Intel, International Data Group, Internet Information Services, IP address management, IT disaster recovery, List of operating systems, List of Remote Desktop Protocol clients, Login, Microsoft, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching, Microsoft BizTalk Server, Microsoft Configuration Manager, Microsoft Defender Antivirus, Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft DNS, Microsoft Servers, Microsoft Software Assurance, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows version history, Multi-core processor, Multihoming, Name server, Network Access Protection, Network virtualization, ... Expand index (47 more) »

  2. Windows Server
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Active Directory Federation Services

Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS), a software component developed by Microsoft, can run on Windows Server operating systems to provide users with single sign-on access to systems and applications located across organizational boundaries. Windows Server 2016 and Active Directory Federation Services are Windows Server.

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Amazon Web Services

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments, on a metered, pay-as-you-go basis.

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Architecture of Windows NT

The architecture of Windows NT, a line of operating systems produced and sold by Microsoft, is a layered design that consists of two main components, user mode and kernel mode.

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Ars Technica

Ars Technica is a website covering news and opinions in technology, science, politics, and society, created by Ken Fisher and Jon Stokes in 1998.

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Assembly language

In computer programming, assembly language (alternatively assembler language or symbolic machine code), often referred to simply as assembly and commonly abbreviated as ASM or asm, is any low-level programming language with a very strong correspondence between the instructions in the language and the architecture's machine code instructions.

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Basic access authentication

In the context of an HTTP transaction, basic access authentication is a method for an HTTP user agent (e.g. a web browser) to provide a user name and password when making a request.

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C (programming language)

C (pronounced – like the letter c) is a general-purpose programming language.

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C Sharp (programming language)

C# is a general-purpose high-level programming language supporting multiple paradigms.

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C++

C++ (pronounced "C plus plus" and sometimes abbreviated as CPP) is a high-level, general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup.

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Cavium

Cavium was a fabless semiconductor company based in San Jose, California, specializing in ARM-based and MIPS-based network, video and security processors and SoCs.

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Command-line interface

A command-line interface (CLI) is a means of interacting with a computer program by inputting lines of text called command-lines.

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Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions

Microsoft Windows is the name of several families of computer software operating systems created by Microsoft. Windows Server 2016 and Comparison of Microsoft Windows versions are Microsoft Windows.

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Comparison of operating systems

These tables provide a comparison of operating systems, of computer devices, as listing general and technical information for a number of widely used and currently available PC or handheld (including smartphone and tablet computer) operating systems.

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Condé Nast

Condé Nast is a global mass media company founded in 1909 by Condé Montrose Nast (1873–1942) and owned by Advance Publications.

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Containerization (computing)

In software engineering, containerization is operating system-level virtualization or application-level virtualization over multiple network resources so that software applications can run in isolated user spaces called containers in any cloud or non-cloud environment, regardless of type or vendor.

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CPU socket

In computer hardware, a CPU socket or CPU slot contains one or more mechanical components providing mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor and a printed circuit board (PCB).

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Domain Name System

The Domain Name System (DNS) is a hierarchical and distributed name service that provides a naming system for computers, services, and other resources on the Internet or other Internet Protocol (IP) networks.

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network management protocol used on Internet Protocol (IP) networks for automatically assigning IP addresses and other communication parameters to devices connected to the network using a client–server architecture.

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Generic Routing Encapsulation

Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE) is a tunneling protocol developed by Cisco Systems that can encapsulate a wide variety of network layer protocols inside virtual point-to-point links or point-to-multipoint links over an Internet Protocol network.

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Graphical user interface

A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation.

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High-availability cluster

High-availability clusters (also known as HA clusters, fail-over clusters) are groups of computers that support server applications that can be reliably utilized with a minimum amount of down-time.

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HTTP/2

HTTP/2 (originally named HTTP/2.0) is a major revision of the HTTP network protocol used by the World Wide Web.

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Hybrid kernel

A hybrid kernel is an operating system kernel architecture that attempts to combine aspects and benefits of microkernel and monolithic kernel architectures used in operating systems.

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Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V, codenamed Viridian, and briefly known before its release as Windows Server Virtualization, is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems running Windows. Windows Server 2016 and hyper-V are Windows Server.

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InstantGo

InstantGo, also known as InstantOn or Modern Standby (formerly Connected Standby), is a Microsoft specification for Windows 8 (and later) hardware and software that aims to bring smartphone-type power management capabilities to the PC platform, as well as increasing physical security.

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Intel

Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and incorporated in Delaware.

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International Data Group

International Data Group (IDG, Inc.) is a market intelligence and demand generation company focused on the technology industry.

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Internet Information Services

Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services, IIS, 2S) is an extensible web server created by Microsoft for use with the Windows NT family.

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IP address management

IP address management (IPAM) is a methodology implemented in computer software for planning and managing the assignment and use of IP addresses and closely related resources of a computer network.

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IT disaster recovery

IT disaster recovery (also, simply disaster recovery (DR)) is the process of maintaining or reestablishing vital infrastructure and systems following a natural or human-induced disaster, such as a storm or battle.

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List of operating systems

This is a list of operating systems.

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List of Remote Desktop Protocol clients

Remote Desktop Protocol clients allow users to connect to servers running Remote Desktop Services, Azure Virtual Desktop, or non-Microsoft server software to enable remote desktop functionality.

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Login

In computer security, logging in (or logging on, signing in, or signing on) is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system or program by identifying and authenticating themselves.

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Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington.

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Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Azure, or just Azure (/ˈæʒər, ˈeɪʒər/ ''AZH-ər, AY-zhər'', UK also /ˈæzjʊər, ˈeɪzjʊər/ ''AZ-ure, AY-zure''), is the cloud computing platform developed by Microsoft.

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Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching

Microsoft Azure Dev Tools for Teaching or simply Azure Dev Tools for Teaching is a Microsoft program to provide students with Microsoft software design, Microsoft developer tools, Cloud Computing Access and learning resources.

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Microsoft BizTalk Server

Microsoft BizTalk Server is an inter-organizational middleware system (IOMS) that automates business processes through the use of adapters which are tailored to communicate with different software systems used in an enterprise.

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Microsoft Configuration Manager

Microsoft Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) is a systems management software product developed by Microsoft for managing large groups of computers providing remote control, patch management, software distribution, operating system deployment, and hardware and software inventory management.

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Microsoft Defender Antivirus

Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows.

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Microsoft Developer Network

Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) was the division of Microsoft responsible for managing the firm's relationship with developers and testers, such as hardware developers interested in the operating system (OS), and software developers developing on the various OS platforms or using the API or scripting languages of Microsoft's applications.

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Microsoft DNS

Microsoft DNS is the name given to the implementation of domain name system services provided in Microsoft Windows operating systems. Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft DNS are Windows Server.

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Microsoft Servers

Microsoft Servers (previously called Windows Server System) is a discontinued brand that encompasses Microsoft software products for server computers.

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Microsoft Software Assurance

Microsoft Software Assurance (SA) is a Microsoft maintenance program aimed at business users who use Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, and other server and desktop applications.

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Microsoft SQL Server

Microsoft SQL Server (Structured Query Language) is a proprietary relational database management system developed by Microsoft.

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Microsoft Windows version history

Microsoft Windows was announced by Bill Gates on 10 November 1983, 2 years before it was first released. Windows Server 2016 and Microsoft Windows version history are Microsoft Windows.

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Multi-core processor

A multi-core processor is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit with two or more separate processing units, called cores (for example, dual-core or quad-core), each of which reads and executes program instructions.

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Multihoming

Multihoming is the practice of connecting a host or a computer network to more than one network.

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Name server

A name server is a computer application that implements a network service for providing responses to queries against a directory service.

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Network Access Protection

Network Access Protection (NAP) is a Microsoft technology for controlling network access of a computer, based on its health. Windows Server 2016 and network Access Protection are Windows Server.

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Network virtualization

In computing, network virtualization is the process of combining hardware and software network resources and network functionality into a single, software-based administrative entity, a virtual network.

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OpenCL

OpenCL (Open Computing Language) is a framework for writing programs that execute across heterogeneous platforms consisting of central processing units (CPUs), graphics processing units (GPUs), digital signal processors (DSPs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and other processors or hardware accelerators.

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OpenGL

OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a cross-language, cross-platform application programming interface (API) for rendering 2D and 3D vector graphics.

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Operating system

An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.

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OS-level virtualization

OS-level virtualization is an operating system (OS) virtualization paradigm in which the kernel allows the existence of multiple isolated user space instances, called containers (LXC, Solaris containers, AIX WPARs, HP-UX SRP Containers, Docker, Podman), zones (Solaris containers), virtual private servers (OpenVZ), partitions, virtual environments (VEs), virtual kernels (DragonFly BSD), or jails (FreeBSD jail or chroot jail).

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Paramount Streaming

Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Global that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+.

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PowerShell

PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management program from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and the associated scripting language.

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Proprietary software

Proprietary software is software that grants its creator, publisher, or other rightsholder or rightsholder partner a legal monopoly by modern copyright and intellectual property law to exclude the recipient from freely sharing the software or modifying it, and—in some cases, as is the case with some patent-encumbered and EULA-bound software—from making use of the software on their own, thereby restricting their freedoms.

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Qualcomm

Qualcomm Incorporated is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, and incorporated in Delaware.

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Qualcomm Centriq

Centriq is a brand of system on a chip (SoC) semiconductor products designed and marketed by Qualcomm for data centers.

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Remote Desktop Services

Remote Desktop Services (RDS), known as Terminal Services in Windows Server 2008 and earlier, is one of the components of Microsoft Windows that allow a user to initiate and control an interactive session on a remote computer or virtual machine over a network connection.

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Remote direct memory access

In computing, remote direct memory access (RDMA) is a direct memory access from the memory of one computer into that of another without involving either one's operating system.

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Satya Nadella

Satya Narayana Nadella (born 19 August 1967) is an Indian-American business executive.

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Shared Source Initiative

The Shared Source Initiative (SSI) is a source-available software licensing scheme launched by Microsoft in May 2001.

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Shareware

Shareware is a type of proprietary software that is initially shared by the owner for trial use at little or no cost.

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Software release life cycle

The software release life cycle is the process of developing, testing, and distributing a software product (e.g., an operating system).

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Software-defined networking

Software-defined networking (SDN) is an approach to network management that enables dynamic and programmatically efficient network configuration to improve network performance and monitoring in a manner more akin to cloud computing than to traditional network management.

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Source-available software

Source-available software is software released through a source code distribution model that includes arrangements where the source can be viewed, and in some cases modified, but without necessarily meeting the criteria to be called open-source.

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Start menu

The Start menu (called Start screen in Windows 8, 8.1 and Server 2012) is a graphical user interface element that has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, providing a means of opening programs and performing other functions in the Windows shell.

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System Center Operations Manager

System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) is a cross-platform data center monitoring system for operating systems and hypervisors.

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System console

One meaning of system console, computer console, root console, operator's console, or simply console is the text entry and display device for system administration messages, particularly those from the BIOS or boot loader, the kernel, from the init system and from the system logger.

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The Register

The Register is a British technology news website co-founded in 1994 by Mike Magee and John Lettice.

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The Verge

The Verge is an American technology news website headquartered in Lower Manhattan, New York City and operated by Vox Media.

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Universal Windows Platform apps

Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps (formerly named Windows Store apps, Metro-style apps and Modern apps) are applications that can be used across all compatible Microsoft Windows devices.

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VHD (file format)

VHD (Virtual Hard Disk) and its successor VHDX are file formats representing a virtual hard disk drive (HDD).

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Virtual Extensible LAN

Virtual Extensible LAN (VXLAN) is a network virtualization technology that attempts to address the scalability problems associated with large cloud computing deployments.

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Volume licensing

In software licensing, volume licensing is the practice of using one license to authorize software on a large number of computers and/or for a large number of users.

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Vox Media

Vox Media, Inc. is an American mass media company founded in Washington, D.C. with operational headquarters in Lower Manhattan, New York City.

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Wayback Machine

The Wayback Machine is a digital archive of the World Wide Web founded by the Internet Archive, an American nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.

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Windows 10

Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. Windows Server 2016 and Windows 10 are Microsoft Windows and x86-64 operating systems.

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Windows 10, version 1607

Windows 10 Anniversary Update (also known as version 1607 and codenamed "Redstone 1") is the second major update to Windows 10 and the first in a series of updates under the Redstone codenames.

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Windows 10, version 1709

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update (also known as version 1709 and codenamed "Redstone 3") is the fourth major update to Windows 10 and the third in a series of updates under the Redstone codenames.

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Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 is a release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. Windows Server 2016 and Windows 8.1 are Microsoft Windows and x86-64 operating systems.

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Windows Installer

Windows Installer (msiexec.exe, previously known as Microsoft Installer, codename Darwin) is a software component and application programming interface (API) of Microsoft Windows used for the installation, maintenance, and removal of software.

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Windows Management Instrumentation

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) consists of a set of extensions to the Windows Driver Model that provides an operating system interface through which instrumented components provide information and notification.

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Windows MultiPoint Server

Windows MultiPoint Server is an operating system based on Microsoft Windows Server using Remote Desktop Services technology to host multiple simultaneous independent computing stations or terminals connected to a single computer (multiseat computing). Windows Server 2016 and Windows MultiPoint Server are Microsoft Windows and Windows Server.

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Windows NT

Windows NT is a proprietary graphical operating system produced by Microsoft as part of its Windows product line, the first version of which, Windows NT 3.1, was released on July 27, 1993. Windows Server 2016 and Windows NT are Microsoft Windows.

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Windows Server

Windows Server (formerly Windows NT Server) is a group of server operating systems (OS) that has been developed by Microsoft since 1993. Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server are Microsoft Windows.

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Windows Server 2012 R2

Windows Server 2012 R2, codenamed "Windows Server Blue", is the eleventh version of the Windows Server operating system by Microsoft, as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2012 R2 are Microsoft Windows and Windows Server.

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Windows Server 2019

Windows Server 2019 is the thirteenth version of the Windows Server operating system by Microsoft, as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems. Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server 2019 are Microsoft Windows, Windows Server and x86-64 operating systems.

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Windows Server Update Services

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), previously known as Software Update Services (SUS), is a computer program and network service developed by Microsoft Corporation that enables administrators to manage the distribution of updates and hotfixes released for Microsoft products to computers in a corporate environment. Windows Server 2016 and Windows Server Update Services are Windows Server.

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Windows shell

The Windows shell is the graphical user interface for the Microsoft Windows operating system.

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Windows Update

Windows Update is a Microsoft service for the Windows 9x and Windows NT families of the Microsoft Windows operating system, which automates downloading and installing Microsoft Windows software updates over the Internet.

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WoW64

In computing on Microsoft platforms, WoW64 (Windows 32-bit on Windows 64-bit) is a subsystem of the Windows operating system capable of running 32-bit applications on 64-bit Windows.

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WS-Management

WS-Management (Web Services-Management) is a DMTF open standard defining a SOAP-based protocol for the management of servers, devices, applications and various Web services.

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X86-64

x86-64 (also known as x64, x86_64, AMD64, and Intel 64) is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set, first announced in 1999.

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ZDNET

ZDNET is a business technology news website owned and operated by Red Ventures.

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100 Gigabit Ethernet

40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GbE) and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) are groups of computer networking technologies for transmitting Ethernet frames at rates of 40 and 100 gigabits per second (Gbit/s), respectively.

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See also

Windows Server

X86-64 operating systems

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Server_2016

Also known as Features new to Windows Server 2016, Microsoft Windows Server 2016, Nano Server, Server 2016, Win2k16, Windows 2016, Windows Nano Server, Windows Server 10, Windows Server 2016 version history.

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